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If what is supposed to be a character's Kick The Dog moment is excessively horrible, cruel, or otherwise despicable enough to make an audience lose all sympathy for them, then they've crossed the MoralEventHorizon, if they're not on the other side of it already. If the Dog in question is someone the character cares about and discovers BeingEvilSucks, then they've [[KickTheMoralityPet Kicked the Morality Pet]] and ''might'' be in time to avoid a FaceHeelTurn. If the dog belonged to a minion, expect it to help cause a MookFaceTurn because EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. On occasions, if karma works in the dog's favor, [[TheDogBitesBack they'll manage to get a last laugh]]. On even rarer occasions, after being pushed around too many times, the dog may decide to [[TheStarscream plan against the Big Bad for his own ambitions]], because BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil. When the dog-kicking is done in a way that (usually inadvertently) increases sympathy for the villain, it becomes StrawmanHasAPoint. If the character ''appears'' to be likable or sympathetic when introduced and the dog-kicking proves that they is actually evil, that is BaitTheDog. If the villain shoots for this trope but fails to actually do anything seriously evil, it's PokeThePoodle.

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If what is supposed to be a character's Kick The Dog moment is excessively horrible, cruel, or otherwise despicable enough to make an audience lose all sympathy for them, then they've crossed the MoralEventHorizon, if they're not on the other side of it already. If the Dog in question is someone the character cares about and discovers BeingEvilSucks, then they've [[KickTheMoralityPet Kicked the Morality Pet]] and ''might'' be in time to avoid a FaceHeelTurn. If the dog belonged to a minion, expect it to help cause a MookFaceTurn because EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. On occasions, if karma works in the dog's favor, [[TheDogBitesBack they'll manage to get a last laugh]]. On even rarer occasions, after being pushed around too many times, the dog may decide to [[TheStarscream plan against the Big Bad for his own ambitions]], because BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil. When the dog-kicking is done in a way that (usually inadvertently) increases sympathy for the villain, it becomes StrawmanHasAPoint.UnintentionallySympathetic. If the character ''appears'' to be likable or sympathetic when introduced and the dog-kicking proves that they is actually evil, that is BaitTheDog. If the villain shoots for this trope but fails to actually do anything seriously evil, it's PokeThePoodle.
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If what is supposed to be a character's Kick The Dog moment is excessively horrible, cruel, or otherwise despicable enough to make an audience lose all sympathy for them, then they's crossed the MoralEventHorizon, if they's not on the other side of it already. If the Dog in question is someone the character cares about and discovers BeingEvilSucks, then they've [[KickTheMoralityPet Kicked the Morality Pet]] and ''might'' be in time to avoid a FaceHeelTurn. If the dog belonged to a minion, expect it to help cause a MookFaceTurn because EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. On occasions, if karma works in the dog's favor, [[TheDogBitesBack they'll manage to get a last laugh]]. On even rarer occasions, after being pushed around too many times, the dog may decide to [[TheStarscream plan against the Big Bad for his own ambitions]], because BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil. When the dog-kicking is done in a way that (usually inadvertently) increases sympathy for the villain, it becomes StrawmanHasAPoint. If the character ''appears'' to be likable or sympathetic when introduced and the dog-kicking proves that they is actually evil, that is BaitTheDog. If the villain shoots for this trope but fails to actually do anything seriously evil, it's PokeThePoodle.

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If what is supposed to be a character's Kick The Dog moment is excessively horrible, cruel, or otherwise despicable enough to make an audience lose all sympathy for them, then they's they've crossed the MoralEventHorizon, if they's they're not on the other side of it already. If the Dog in question is someone the character cares about and discovers BeingEvilSucks, then they've [[KickTheMoralityPet Kicked the Morality Pet]] and ''might'' be in time to avoid a FaceHeelTurn. If the dog belonged to a minion, expect it to help cause a MookFaceTurn because EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes. On occasions, if karma works in the dog's favor, [[TheDogBitesBack they'll manage to get a last laugh]]. On even rarer occasions, after being pushed around too many times, the dog may decide to [[TheStarscream plan against the Big Bad for his own ambitions]], because BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil. When the dog-kicking is done in a way that (usually inadvertently) increases sympathy for the villain, it becomes StrawmanHasAPoint. If the character ''appears'' to be likable or sympathetic when introduced and the dog-kicking proves that they is actually evil, that is BaitTheDog. If the villain shoots for this trope but fails to actually do anything seriously evil, it's PokeThePoodle.
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* One of the first things Ping Yang Hou does in ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' [[spoiler:after becoming king]] is to order [[spoiler:his sister to commit suicide. And... she does.]] It turns out a bit later that he had his reasons, [[spoiler:but it's still the first hint that he's become TheCaligula.]]
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* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' gets this with [[MegaCorp Strex]] giving Cecil a birthday present. [[spoiler:It attacks [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Khoshekh]] and leaves him hospitalized.]] Strex didn't understand why it didn't work out.
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* What got [[spoiler: Discord]] killed on ''RolePlay/CerberusDailyNews'' -- the idiot thought it'd be a *really* good idea to advertise a slave auction on the public-access Extranet just to rile up people. Unfortunately for [[spoiler: Discord]], [[BullyingADragon most of the people he was taunting]] happened to be [[PrivateMilitaryContractors mercenaries]] who happen to [[BerserkButton look down]] on the slave trade. [[spoiler: The resulting Extranet Counterattack led to forum members hiring a squad of mercenaries to murder Discord and free the slaves in his possession.]]
* Rotor had a quite a few of these for a good guy in ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG''. Among such moments are arresting an ''entire T-1 crew'' because the pilot disobeyed orders and then trying to have them all shot, ordering Kate (an innocent and inexperienced teenager) to enter a fortress filled with toxins on her own and berating her for crying, and [[ColdBloodedTorture beating a pair of prisoners (including a young girl) during what was supposed to be an interrogation]]. Rather noticeably, once he started cleaning up his act, he stopped Kicking The Dog.
* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest''
** '''Cody Jenson''': Raped Madeline Shiohara and bit out her neck. How did he feel? He didn't.
** '''[[BigBad Danya]]''': EstablishingCharacterMoment in the first version was when he was briefing the v1 students with a very... smug tone. Then towards the end mentioned he hated punks, and ordered his minions to kill a student for wearing his hat sideways.
** '''[[HonestJohnsDealership Jeremy Franco]]''' kicking Kimberly Nguyen in her bullet wound for refusing to give him her fedora, then taking it anyway.
* Gretel's bullying of Jacques during the first Tournament in ''RolePlay/YuGiOhEastAcademy''. This act is so cruel it actually [[BerserkButton prompts]] [[TheStoic Marcus]] to try and ''MindRape'' her.
** David firting with Crystal. Seems harmless enough, untill you consider that [[spoiler: Crystal had just lost her only remaining family member]] and that David was only doing it to amuse himself, rather than being genuinely interested in her... dick move, mate. ''Dick. Move.''
** Haine's [[spoiler: ColdBloodedTorture of Marcus and Sylvestre (which included outright ''murdering'' the latter.)]] Easily twisted enough to catapult Haine over the MoralEventHorizon.
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* While the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' often has to get down doing dirty business to save the planet, the broad range of powers their scientists have in the execution of their duties often leaves its members engaging in abuses of power well outside the scope of doing what's necessary to protect humanity. For instance, in the entry for SCP-1337, a scientist ordered the execution of an innocent family and burned down their home because he wanted to save the Foundation some gas money to stop transporting a ghost. All the Foundation did was demote him, though he did eventually suffer some LaserGuidedKarma as a result after the previously Safe and largely harmless SCP became murderous and hard to contain.
* ''Website/SomethingAwful''[='s=] Awful Movie Database (which catalogues movies too ridiculous to actually exist) has [[https://www.somethingawful.com/awful-movie-database/terrible-truth-about/1/ "The Terrible Truth About Dolphins,"]] allegedly a "documentary" but mostly concerned with the director's overwhelming hatred for dolphins, who are violently abused throughout the movie by the characters and in the background by the director himself. The "behind-the-scenes facts" are as outlandish as the alleged film, including the director, in order to avoid receiving a NC-17 rating from the MPAA, reluctantly cutting a five-minute TrainingMontage consisting entirely of shots of Creator/JaneFonda (cast wildly against type here as "Gunthild Dolphinkiller") kicking a beached dolphin in the face, and the alleged comments and actions of Fonda and now-ex husband, Ted Turner (who are still a couple here despite the film being made in 2006[[note]]They divorced in 2001[[/note]]).
* In the ''Website/{{Springhle}}'' article [[https://springhole.net/writing/write_better_villains.htm "Basic Tips To Write Better & More Despicable Villains"]], Syera advises to have one's villains do something awful to someone or something the viewers ''care'' about.
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* ''WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses'':
** He does this literally. He picks up his dog and hurls it across the room even after it dies.
** Also literally in episode 57. He holds Scooby Doo prisoner under his bar and beats him to death.
** He loves the image of puppy blood splattering on a nice suit.
** Leaving the narrator to die in the explosion at the end of episode 52. He gets called out on it the next episode, although he gets another one by telling the narrator he doesn't love him (judging by what we've seen, this may be a lie) and just likes hurting him.
** After having some resemblance of humanity for a few minutes of running time, he kills his GPS after they promised to just be friends.
** In his cameo for ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', he makes Critic think he's going to save him from a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown death but then reveals he's just there for an obligatory appearance before leaving. Critic looks like he's about to cry.
** He would ''pay'' one million dollars to kill a puppy with a sledge hammer.
* ''WebVideo/TheAwkwardCompilation'' has a fight between Lester and Alex culminate in Alex telling Lester to give up on his relationship with Steph because "everybody knows you're just going to mess it up like last time". [[BewareTheNiceOnes Lester doesn't take it well.]] Later we find out that Ernie dumped Karen, calling her "worthless".
* In the web video series ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', everything that Adolf Hitler says falls into this trope.
* In the webseries and novel versions of ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', one of Roxana's earliest story-relevant moves was to [[spoiler:kill Sparadrap's entire pet collection]].
* In the video ''[[http://www.bchealthcoalition.ca/content/view/228 The Unspeakable Deeds of Bill 42]]'', it's not enough for the character representing the bill to fine people for meeting to air their grievances. He has to up the evil quotient by deliberately knocking over a woman's crutches.
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** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Celestia "Celes[=/=][[DubNameChange Celeste]]" Ludenberg, [[FauxAffablyEvil a rather unpleasant person behind her thin veneer of politeness]], claims that the second victim invited their own demise by going out during Night Time.

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** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Celestia "Celes[=/=][[DubNameChange Celeste]]" Ludenberg, [[FauxAffablyEvil a rather unpleasant person behind her thin veneer of politeness]], claims that the [[spoiler:the second victim invited their own demise by going out during Night Time.nighttime.]]



*** Nagito Komaeda, who TookALevelInJerkass during the Chapter 4 murder investigation, casually insults that chapter's killer(who turned out to be one of the more sympathetic culprits) in his first scene in Chapter 5, which is ''the day after the killer was executed''.
*** Near the end of the game, Monokuma decides to have Monomi executed alongside the final culprit in large part because he's bored with picking on her.

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*** Nagito Komaeda, who [[spoiler:who TookALevelInJerkass during the Chapter 4 murder investigation, investigation,]] casually insults that chapter's killer(who killer (who turned out to be one of the more sympathetic culprits) in his first scene in Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Chapter 5]], which is ''the day after the killer was executed''.
*** Near the end of the game, Monokuma decides [[spoiler:decides to have Monomi executed alongside the final culprit culprit]] in large part because he's bored with picking on her.



*** Monaca has a tendency to push her "friends'" {{Trauma Button}}s with very little provocation. Perhaps the cruelest instance of this is in Chapter 3, when she does this to Kotoko, reducing Kotoko to a tearful wreck.
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*** During the boss fight with Monaca's robot, she [[spoiler:she dedicates some of her attacks to her friends, whom Komaru and Toko have defeated to get to this point, but her tone of voice and words makes it clear that she doesn't care about them at all.]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': This is pretty much what Monokuma [[spoiler:and his controller and series BigBad Junko]] likes to do to spread despair: constantly making people miserable by any means necessary ForTheEvulz. This includes things like [[spoiler:causing the apocalypse and sending much of the world into despair as they watch their sources of hope burn out, and mocking murder victims long after they're dead, or even ''immediately'' after death.]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': This is pretty much what Monokuma [[spoiler:and his controller and series BigBad Junko]] likes to do to spread despair: constantly making people miserable by any means necessary ForTheEvulz. This includes things like like, in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', when he forcibly adopts Monomi as his younger sister, and takes every opportunity to bully her, whether beating her up or insulting her, or [[spoiler:causing the apocalypse and sending much of the world into despair as they watch their sources of hope burn out, and mocking murder victims long after they're dead, or even ''immediately'' after death.]]]]
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Celestia "Celes[=/=][[DubNameChange Celeste]]" Ludenberg, [[FauxAffablyEvil a rather unpleasant person behind her thin veneer of politeness]], claims that the second victim invited their own demise by going out during Night Time.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''
*** Hiyoko Saionji's EstablishingCharacterMoment is [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals crushing ants for fun]], a hobby she claims to indulge in on a regular basis.
*** Nagito Komaeda, who TookALevelInJerkass during the Chapter 4 murder investigation, casually insults that chapter's killer(who turned out to be one of the more sympathetic culprits) in his first scene in Chapter 5, which is ''the day after the killer was executed''.
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*** Monaca has a tendency to push her "friends'" {{Trauma Button}}s with very little provocation. Perhaps the cruelest instance of this is in Chapter 3, when she does this to Kotoko, reducing Kotoko to a tearful wreck.
*** During the boss fight with Monaca's robot, she dedicates some of her attacks to her friends, whom Komaru and Toko have defeated to get to this point, but her tone of voice and words makes it clear that she doesn't care about them at all.
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': In the fourth trial, [[spoiler:Kokichi Oma]] manipulates [[spoiler:Gonta Gokuhara]] into killing [[spoiler:Miu Iruma(who, admittedly was planning on killing Kokichi)]], resulting in the latter being executed and the former [[KarmaHoudini getting off scot-free]] for the moment. The manipulator then mocks the executed killer after the latter's demise.
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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}: This is pretty much what Monokuma [[spoiler:and his controller and series BigBad Junko]] likes to do to spread despair: constantly making people miserable by any means necessary ForTheEvulz. This includes things like [[spoiler:causing the apocalypse and sending much of the world into despair as they watch their sources of hope burn out, and mocking murder victims long after they're dead, or even ''immediately'' after death.]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}: This is pretty much what Monokuma [[spoiler:and his controller and series BigBad Junko]] likes to do to spread despair: constantly making people miserable by any means necessary ForTheEvulz. This includes things like [[spoiler:causing the apocalypse and sending much of the world into despair as they watch their sources of hope burn out, and mocking murder victims long after they're dead, or even ''immediately'' after death.]]
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